It shows in great detail how the transformation of nato since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the alliances evolution during the cold war viewed in retrospect the 1960s were instrumental to the strengthening of natos political clout which proved to be decisive in winning the cold war even more so than natos defense and deterrence capabilities in addition it shows that nato increasingly served as a hub for state institutional transnational and individual actors in that . It shows in great detail how the transformation of nato since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the alliances evolution during the cold war viewed in retrospect the 1960s were instrumental to the strengthening of natos political clout which proved to be decisive in winning the cold war even more so than natos defense and deterrence capabilities in addition it shows that nato increasingly served as a hub for state institutional transnational and individual actors in that . It shows in great detail how the transformation of nato since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the alliances evolution during the cold war viewed in retrospect the 1960s were instrumental to the strengthening of natos political clout which proved to be decisive in winning the cold war even more so than natos defense and deterrence capabilities. Transforming nato in the cold war challenges beyond deterrence in the 1960s css studies in security and international relations editors andreas wenger christian nuenlist anna locher. Transforming nato in the cold war challenges beyond deterrence in the 1960s css studies in security and international relations andreas wenger christian nuenlist anna locher the first comprehensive history of nato in the 1960s based on the systematic use of multinational archival